This is an analysis of the poem Calamiterror (Section Vi) that begins with:

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Meandering abroad in the Lincolnshire meadows day...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbcXade X XfghXija X jklmenee X eXjdjjeof X lkpabegg X eegegekk X gpojemhd X gnjjannp X XqkmdjkX X epejjmpn X kjkihkhg X emjacoXj X jmbqXkXjj X XXhpojmhp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,9,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,9,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 01000100101111 1110101101110 01001010010000100 0110100100101110 110010101001010000 11010010010011 010010101110 01001000111 1 11010101111 01011101011 00010101101 1001001011 0101010111 010001000010 1001101010 11010111111 1 0100010010111 1111010011 100110010101001 010110111011 01010111 01001010011111 1101101001110 0111010011 1 11010001101 1001010101 01010100101 010010101010 10010100010 001001110001 010100010010 10110010100 1101100101 1 01010101010 1001100101 00100100011 100101010101 10111101010 01010101010 0110001110 0001111101 1 111101001110 0001110111 11010010101 01000000111 1001000010001 001011010111 0111000101 100111111 1 101101011011 10101001001011 101111001010 101001010100110 11010001001010 00101011111 1010010111 11110111010 1 11011001001001 01001011011 100110110111 101101001001 1111010101 0101110001 0011111111 1101010111 1 01111011011 0100101111 1100111011110 01000101010 01000100010 1101000101 1101110100 111010101 1 111011111010 10110010011 111111100010 101010000100011 11011010001001 11001001010010 101001010001 11110101101 1 1101001000010 00100110101 11010111010 0100010010110100 1001010010010 110100100010 01010010100 1010000101 1 1011101110110 1111011101010 100011101101 0100010011011 1100110010 110100110100 01001011011000 1000100101010 1 1010101101001 01111111110 11101010101010 10011111010 0100100010101 0010100101 111001011010100 1101001000110 11110100110 1 1011111000 10010101100100 0111010010 1000100110101 010100101101 1110101000101011 1010011110 01000101011010 1101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 129
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; day, of, my, recall, i, like, not, his, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase day connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Calamiterror (Section Vi);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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